MELBOURNE, Nov 10 (Reuters) - London Metal Exchange copper on Friday edged away from one-month lows as a weaker dollar broadly lifted base metals, although it remained on track for a weekly loss.

FUNDAMENTALS

* COPPER: LME copper had risen 0.1 percent to $6,816.50 a tonne by 0212 GMT, following small losses in the previous session when it sank to its weakest since Oct. 11 at $6,761.50. Shanghai Futures Exchange copper was flat at 53,490 yuan ($8,058) a tonne.

* OPEN INTEREST: Open interest in the LME copper contract has fallen below 320,000 lots to the lowest since May <MCU-OI-TOT> and close to the lowest in a year.

* U.S. DOLLAR: The U.S. dollar slipped to a six-day low against a basket of currencies on Thursday as investors fretted over a Republican tax plan that would delay corporate tax cuts.

* JAPAN MANUFACTURERS: Confidence among Japanese manufacturers slipped in November from a decade-high seen the previous month, a Reuters poll showed, but it remained strong - underscoring the economy's continuing expansion.

* NOBLE: Commodities trader Noble Group reported a third-quarter loss of $1.17 billion, hit by charges from disposals of some of its businesses, and warned that the operating environment remains challenging.

* FREEPORT: Armed separatists have occupied five villages in Indonesia's Papua province, threatening to disrupt Freeport-McMoRan Inc's giant Grasberg copper mine, which has already been hit this year by labour unrest and a dispute over operating rights.

* LEAD: LME lead was the only metal on track for a weekly gain, of 3.1 percent, as prices hit the highest since Oct. 17 at $2,542 a tonne. LME stocks have fallen to the lowest in almost two years below 150,000 tonnes. <MPBSTX-TOTAL>

* LEAD FUNDAMENTALS: Global demand for refined lead metal will exceed supply by 125,000 tonnes this year, while a deficit of 45,000 tonnes is expected in 2018, according to the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG).

MARKETS NEWS

* Asian shares slipped on Friday on the uncertainty over U.S. tax reforms.